Of course we could try to forget the past. why not? is it not nature for a human being to repress what causes him pain, what causes him shame? like the body, memory protects its wounds. when day breaks after a sleepless night, one’s ghosts must withdraw; the dead are ordered back to their graves. but for the first time in history, we could not bury our dead. we bear their graves within ourselves. for us, forgetting was never an option.
1.by explicit meaning
2.through the use of questions
3.the use of imagery of ghosts and graves establishes it.
4.the personification of death as a ghost makes it seem human.

Without saying a word, berthe seized the child, kissed it and hugged it to her. then she raised her tear-filled eyes to him, asking: "did you say that the mother was dead? " he answered: "yes—just now—in my arms. i had broken with her since summer. i knew nothing. the physician sent for me." then berthe murmured: "well, we will bring up the little one." in this excerpt from "a wedding gift," the scene is an example of situational irony because berthe behaves in a surprising way an example of the theme of redemption because the child has another chance an example of dramatic irony because berthe behaves in a surprising way an example of the theme of tragedy because the infant's mother has just died

Which is a higher ratio, 6: 9 or 3: 7

What is the theme of "the story of the fisherman”?